[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[P. Sture]

In article <habq5n$pi6$3 at naig.caltech.edu>,
 glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:

> Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote:
> < glen herrmannsfeldt schrieb:
>  
> <> Well, the C gets() function, I believe still part of the standard,
> <> has no way to know the length of the buffer.  The only answer is
> <> not to use it, but it does seem fair to blame the language in that
> <> case. 
>  
> < To be nitpicking: it's not part of the language,
> < neither are all other functions.
> < But I agree, at least the doc's should deprecate its use.
> 
> I have seen that discussed.  There are some questions in K&R as
> to the library being part of the language.  Most agree that it is
> for ANSI C.
>  
> <> Otherwise, yes, it is up to programmers to check at the
> <> appropriate points.
> 
> And to always use fgets() instead of gets().
> 

Is there a handy reference to this stuff? I mean a summary of what C 
calls to avoid and why (possibly detailing safe and unsafe 
circumstances).

-- 
Paul Sture